Group-based guilt and reparation in the context of social change

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This article examines how the consequences of group-based guilt depend on the perceptions of social change of the former perpetrator group. Informed by the Social
Identity Theory and research on intergroup threat and help, the hypothesis was proposed
that reparation intentions toward members of a victim group as the consequence
of group-based guilt is moderated by the perceptions of changes of the status
position of the in-group. Two correlational studies tested the assumption among
whites in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. As predicted, the results of both
studies show that the strength of the positive relationship between group-based guilt
and reparation intentions decreases the more people perceive the loss of status for
their in-group.

Citation:Dumont, K. and Waldzus, S. (2014), Group-based guilt and reparation in the context of social change. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44: 331–341. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12224

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